Buckle.



DE VER H. WARNER.

BUCKLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 11, 1912.

1,099,527. Patented June 9, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DE VER I-I. WARNER, 0F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSSIGNOR TO THE WARNER BROTHERS COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DE VER H. WARNER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Bridgeport, Fairiicld county, State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in garment buckles for use in connection with suspenders, hose supporters and the like and has as its object a buckle which may be strung rustless with webbing, will clamp the webbing without tearing or abrading it and which will be cheap to manufacture and simple and effective in use.

In the following I have described, in connection with the accompanying drawings, a form of device illustrating the principle of my invention, together with certain modifications, the features thereof being more particularly pointed out hereinafter in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a buckle in closed position illustrating my invention; Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the buckle in open position; Fig. 5 is a rear view of the buckle in closed position and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 7 is a front view of the buckle in open position; Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view of the buckle closed and strung with webbing and under strain; Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing a slightly different form of cushion; Fig. 10 is a vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 3 showing another modification of the cushion and Fig. 11 is a rear view of the modification shown in Fig. 10.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

The buckle comprises substantially three parts, a frame, an operating lever and a resilient or yielding cushion preferably eccentrically mounted on the upper bar of the frame and adapted to be brought into operative relationship with the lower or clamping bar of the frame by the action of the lever.

In the drawings the frame is shown as substantially rectangular in shape and as having an upper bar a, a lower bar and a finger piece 0 depending from the lower Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 11, 1912.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Serial No. 702,945.

bar a. The frame may be made of wire or other suitable material. The operating lever is shown as having a lever arm (Z and a bearing plate 6 extending substantially at right angles to the lever arm. The lever is pivotally mounted 011 the upper bar a of the frame by means of suitable ears f, f, and may be made of sheet metal or other suitable material.

The cushion in Figs. 1 to 9 is shown as comprising a resilient coiled spring 9 loosely mounted 011 upper bar a of the frame, the ends of the spring bearing against ears 7", f. The spring is normally held eccentrically to bar a by the operating lever, bearing plate 0 resting on top of the spring and lever arm (Z bearing against one side thereof as shown.

In Figs. 10 and 11 the cushion is shown as comprising an elongated piece 71 of rubber, felt or other resilient material; otherwise the construction and arrangement of parts are the same.

In Fig. 9 the cushion is shown as made of a coiled spring 2' comprising a heavier wire with fewer turns than in the case of cushion spring g, the coils of the spring in this instance being farther apart and the clamping action stiffer. The function of bearing plate a is simply that of holding the cushion in place.

In stringing the buckle with webbing so as to form a so-called rustless back, one end of the webbing is passed from rear to front over lower bar 6 and fastened back upon itself by means of stitches j; the running length of the webbing is then threaded upward through the space between the lower bar and the cushion. lVhen the buckle is closed the cushion squeezes the running length of the webbing against the secured end of webbing and the lower bar I) of the frame and securely holds the web hing from slipping.

It will be observed that there are no pins or teeth to take into and hence injure the webbing and that the gripping action is the result of the pressure exerted on the webbing by the cushion. As the cushion is yielding a very considerable pressure can be exerted without springing any of the parts.

As it is obvious that the details of construction may be varied without departing from the principle of my invention, I do not restrict myself to such details further than the scope of the appended claims demand.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A buckle comprising a loop member having an upper and a lower bar a lever member pivotally mounted on the upper bar of the loop member and including a lever arm and a bearing plate extending at an angle to the lever arm, a yielding member eccentrically mounted on the upper bar of the loop member in the angle between the lever arm and the bearing plate of the lever member and contacting with them both, the swinging of the lever member pressing the yielding member toward and away from the lower bar of the loop member.

2. A buckle comprising a loop member having an upper and a lower bar, a lever member pivotally mounted on the upper bar of the loop member and including a lever arm and a bearing plate extending at an angle to the lever arm, and a coiled spring loosely carried by the upper bar of the loop member and located in the angle between the lever arm and the bearing plate of the lever member and in contact with them both, the swinging of the lever member pressing the coiled spring toward and away from the lower bar of the loop member.

3. A buckle comprising a frame having an upper and a lower bar, a lever pivotally mounted on said upper bar and a coiled spring mounted on said upper bar but eccentric thereto and adapted to be forced by the lever toward the lower bar.

4. The combination with a buckle comprising a frame having an upper and a lower bar a lever pivotally mounted on said upper bar and a coiled spring mounted on the upper bar but eccentric thereto and adjacent the lever, of a webbing having one end secured to the lower bar and the other end passed upward between the secured end and the spring whereby the movement of the lever will cause the spring to press the running length of webbing against the secured end thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, 7

DE VER H. WVARNER.

Witnesses:

SEABURY G. lVIAS'IICK, H. G. LE Ann.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

